Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

67Exclusion of other rights of recovery
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(1)An individual given assistance in error has no non-statutory obligation based on redress of unjustified enrichment to pay the value of that assistance to the Scottish Ministers.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)non-statutory obligation” means an obligation that arises from a rule of law rather than an enactment,

(b)the reference to assistance being given in error is to be construed in accordance with section 63(4).